Casting

Saaho Telugu Ringtones Director Sujeeth roped Prabhas in the venture already post the grand successes of the magnum-opus Baahubali series. The makers moved to actresses like Katrina Kaif[22], Disha Patani, Pooja Hegde[23], Sonam Kapoor[24], Tamannaah, Rashmika Mandanna [25], Parineeti Chopra [26], Samantha Akkineni and Alia Bhatt[27] to play the role of Kavya (Shraddha Kapoor). Earlier, there were reports about actress Anushka Shetty to be roped in for the project. The makers confirmed about Anushka Shetty to have been zeroed for the film. However, the uncompromising team and the bulky look of Anushka Shetty resulted in zeroing down a Bollywood actress instead. It is said that the actress had failed to reduce her weight down to fit the bill of the action film’s female lead, resulting in Anushka losing out on this big ticket. Reportedly, Anushka had taken to Yoga and other weight-loss programme to shed the weight she gained for ‘Size Zero’.[28] Later, in July 2017, Shraddha Kapoor was roped in to play the lead role.[29]. The villain role for Saaho was earlier offered to Arvind Swamy but rejected the role due to prior commitments as Neil Nitin Mukesh replaced Arvind Swamy as Sujeeth was impressed with Neil’s perfomance in Kaththi. [30] [31] [32]

Production

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The film was shot extensively in locations like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Romania and Europe. The filming for the movie began in August 2017. Actors like Jackie Shroff, Lal, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mandira Bedi were roped in along with the leads, Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor. A better part of the budget was spend to shoot some action scenes for the film. Also, international actor Kenny Bates had been zeroed to supervise the major action scenes.[13] The first schedule of the film in Hyderabad was completed in October 2017.[14] The second schedule of the film started in December 2017 at Ramoji Film Studio. According to the producers of the film, the actress Shraddha Kapoor, for which Saaho marks her Telugu debut, has shot action sequences in the film with heavy weaponry.

The actor Neil Nitin Mukesh plays the prime antagonist and actors like Jackie Shroff and Chunkey Pandey will be seen in supporting roles.[15] The third schedule began in January 2018 in Hyderabad and Mumbai which after lasting for a few days, shifted to Dubai for a month wherein some major action sequences were shot with actors Prabhas and Neil Nitin Mukesh. Meanwhile, Shraddha Kapoor switched to her next venture, Stree along with Rajkummar Rao. [16] After shooting half of the film in locations of Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Dubai, the cast and crew of Saaho began with the fourth schedule of the film in Abu Dhabi in February 2018 and ended within a few weeks. The fifth schedule of them film, also in Abu Dhabi started in late-February. After, this, the sixth schedule of the film would start in Mid-March in locations like Dubai and Romania.[17]